34 Buenos BA 2
9. joulukuuta 2023, Argentiina ⋅ ☁️ 24 °C
Well it could have been a quiet night after dinner ! Being a bank holiday it was quiet out last night and with late dining the norm here we had a restaurant to ourselves ! It was so easy to order!
The tower by night is booked tonight !
The opera is full on across the street .
Sunday night and the Palacio Barolo experience is booked which means a trip to hell, purgatory and hopefully heaven !
Oh another Forest game to endure before then.
It’s just 10am and the karaoke hasn’t really started and the red wine is finished ! But the party people are appearing - bedtime!
Lots of political posters left over from election and bleak news ! https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/dec/09/i…
Oh yes this place has a lot of hairdressers - weird !
A walk north this time !
Off to the Congress building and hopeful of bc a croissant at the art deco El Molino but it’s closed and gated ! Weird!
A wander down to the theatre turned huge bookshop El Ateno! Amazing place ! We hike down to the Cemetery La Recoleta and wander around the ornate and grandiose tombs of the famous dead !
The Peron tomb is crowded - natch!
The church next door is flush with shrines and stations !
Over to the park and the arty Floralis Generica !
There is a hike of 2km out of town actually past the airport where there’s a really weird sight but I decide against it despite the atlas obscura recommendation. Tierra Santa ( the Holy Land) is for the religious nut - Bible stories are “brought to life in a glorious cartoon kitsch theme park “? Really! go read ! A walk too far !
Check out this wondrous find from Atlas Obscura: Tierra Santa https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/9674
Back on the straight and narrow we head up the main drag to the Obelisk neatly decorated for Xmas !
A viewing of the majestic Colon theatre is put off by huge queues
A beer in our local Celta bar to listen to the football or just drink beers ?
Forest draw - better!
Tonight it’s tango time - oh god!Lue lisää
Looks nice. [Carrie Melvin]
You'll sample the best steaks ever in BA. The flavour of the meat is beyond global competition. Head for the formal restaurants where the waiters dress in black tie and white gloves/white apron......if they still exist. Last visited circa 1993. [Phil Wilson]
Ant Travels We have eaten well , drunk lots of red and partied